The Sun. — London, England, 1808-11-14 00:00:00

FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS. the excavations for the works lately termilia-teo ni the Rae St. Dellis, there has been foutid."l.eiPper repreSenting the Fain peror Coics TANTINE, 'Wilt) the following legend— imp c , thsiaittinza Alia. 'On the reverse there is an Apoll,, the beaderowned rays-, the right hand atrocii,-.(1 out.; bearing the pullirim, and holding a glohi:. Ins:left 'fialid,•wilh the legend, So/i invitio c 'niti• This Medal is in the possession or IYI. MAs 801st, Commissary of POlke. • 0 .11 the sth of July a decree was issued by the limn Bayonne,' relative to the extinction of loss just been Publi‘tied. By this eextt cree inendieity is ptohibited throughout the whole nt of the empire, and the beggars in every de- Partnient are - ordered 'tb be arrested, and conveyed to the " Depots of Mendicity," as soon as theie depots are e4ablished; and afteitthe mene.icants have had a previous notice of three weeks to repair to the d epots, jii these depots persons of different sex and a ge are to be kept apart ; and the experice attend ltc ;! 1 g them is to be defrayed conjointly out of the pub pbr-se; bythe - departtnentsand the towns. The P reteats of ttie departments are to address a Report I° the rviinisler of the Interior, relative to the 2rriratiot of the exp ence atten di ng the establishment, I ;ind the presumed number of beggars in each de- Parttnent, the armed force necessary for guarding th eni, the different labours and occupations in which "ky are to be employed, and the modes of disci- P li ne to which They are Eo be subjected. LEGISLATIVE BODY. 8141.11 G OF TIIE . 31ST OF \ OCTOBER.I. FONTANES, s r ' . . PRESI D ENT, slay Pursuance e of an order or the day, the Legi- Body pr ocee d e d to fort the ,Legislative Corn tiTissol?" 0i interi o r Aininistration, 'conformable to :`2e oe natus Co nsu l tui n of the.l6.th :August, 1807. e ' l le heY then proceded to *he appe l hontinal for the -i eti cli 01 . the sev en M em b ers w h o are to cor e this cointn iss i t l 4 . p Out 0f . 235 votes, M . FAvARD had 1.52 votes in L . VIS tavOur, and was therefore announced as a Mein uer o f ti.. ile Co;tirnission. On Wednesday they will , Pr "teed to another scintiny, and the votes of the 7:11-"enibly will be confined to those Members who thad the most vo i ces atter Mr. Fivian. These a re • N. GE NDEBI E U , C HAPHY , ROGER, B.EINAUD, 4 f AS COUR, JACUET,Q DE LA MARDEELE, LAJ ARD , 41C HELEET,.BOCHEINIUNT, TARDY, SAPEY, DUMO- ' ~" Rely and GRENIER. The President read a .Message, in which .his Ex etlat t`ellenek Y the Secretary of State-announced t o hi m, 1 that Minist er o f t h e I n t er i or , and the Counsel t° the he o f state appointed by his Maje s ty, w ou ld re pai r Legislati ve B o d y on t h e 2d.of Noyember, - ,to Inake an 3ourn6d to E xPose of the State of th e 'Et n pi re .—Ad-; Wednesday. , . . . MUNICH OCT. 20.—The King has given a new rganization to the war department. There will be henceforward at Munich a General Military Depart- ! We nt, instead of the War Cabinet, of which_ his Ma; testy reserves to himself the superior direction, as , w ell as the chi e f command of his troops.' Lieut.- G eneral l'BrvA is appointed Secretary 'for the War ti e Part went. . , l'he n ew teriitoriJ division of the ki n gd o m. re l quires another military division . ; and in conse 111`Ze There will be in future four General Govern burp.llB, established at Munich, Augsburgh, .'Nureni appn'. and Inspruck. The King is also about to Aig iu t a General Administration for Ecclesiastical "" ; it will be attached to the Ministry of. the 14 TA11.0 OF THE CAPTURE OF CAPRI. (FROM THE NEAPOLITAN MONITEUR.) . Yesterday the British Commandant of the Isle of 2Pri capi tu l ate d , with the garrison under his corn- Lto nd, exi - edition which achieved the conquest of c i mportant post was prepared with so much se tit'Y and di s p atc h , t h at t h e pu bli c b ad no experSia n,i of Our lauding troops at Capri. 4 e P t iiiitg the three months which the English pod h%eel this they spared . neither money nor ils id 'retidei• ii toritudaele strong hold. Ford -1).,e--tlotis, artillery, land and sea batteries, lead all erl --11 eonslnt - 6rd or carried there,, at a great expense, t hey conceived it impregnable, and called it the 111 - "' Gibraltar ; b u t th e courage o f our troops sur timed and c o nqu e r e d ev e ry obsta' le. 14 , 11 " is Majesty had scarcely entered his territories to d , he perceived of what importance it would b e tr iai r ,we our e t erna l enem i es f rom a P ort w h ere t h e formed and brigands of tite• kingdom had long and - a cute asylum, and where all the intri g ues Court ' °s Pira6es-,- which -are the only arms of the eiw a of Palermo, were contrived, and altho ug h fail TlY s stifled in their commencement, ha ve nor eo . to disturb the tratiquillily of this beautiful °notry. The interest of maritime commerce .el i t ially - required that enemies who were always on ;. 1 , 1 . e observation, a n d w h o could comet every Vessel 'al entered or left Naples, should be removed. On jhe 4th of 06ober, at. three o'clock in the m ; "l°l. niog, Go transports, having on board 1.5 W men, 'neluding the caiabineers and grenadiers of the French t r .4l Neapolitan armies, and the Royal Guards, went t i i °4l Naples. The expedition was commanded by l ii e General of Division LAMARQUE, who had under a ti 4l , l the Genetals of Brigade AIONTSEE A, D'ESTREES, 1b a „, 13 141C6 PIG NATELLI , an d t h e Adj utants Coin co'qant Taut and CHAVARDES. A F r i gate, a P o tv ette, and 9,6 Gun-boats, proteaed our frans ,Erlll,s• The passag e wasshorl and favourable. Th e w e ois h thought , th e , enterprise so difficult, that they o re extremely a s t on i s h e d at t h e a p pearance of our I, o ° Ps, and t h e sea was so rough that it for some e tie irs Prevented the debarkation, and gave t h e fe_eeY • time to put themselves in a postur e o f de hpA v ivid and c on ti nue d fi re, o f musq u etry did not r.ev e ti t our troops from landing. Those who first 1 8 j e c t l f " on shore were t h e R oya l Grenadiers and Cor co``.nll Chas-seurs, having at their head the Adjutant fodant THO MAS . They were imm e di ate l y , de barkation rnaned by our brave tr oo p s; but when the de- th at '°rl was effetted, new difficulties presented er,n tak e I ves- It was- in the -first place n ecessary to cora Possessio n o f the freight of Anacapri, which lel l ,l 4l , an ds the - Island, and all the forts which de in ; our soldiers soon accomplished it . by ti t:aw g eIP the byeways, which seemed imprac e' and which were interseded at various dis. • fames with fosses and intrenehments, and defended by two 'battalions of the Royal Maltese regiment, whom we made all prisoners of war, and carried in to Naple's Scarcely had we become masters of Ana capri, than the English Commander united his re maining forces in the fortified posts of St. Michael and St. Constant, and the fort Dc Maggiore, pre serving ,open his communication with the sea, and waiting from moment to moment for a reinfince mem, the arrival of which would have been im possible for us to preent. This circumstance ren dered the occupation of the lower part of the Isle e - tremely important, but the communication between the upper and lower part of Capri could not be ef feded otherwise than by the possession of a flight of 51,1 steps, cut in the rock, where no more'than one - man could descend in front, and which- w a s cow man led by the Fort St. Michael, whose cannons, charged with h eav y s h ot , did not cease to play upon this point. Yet, under the cover of the night, and the protealion of some batteries, hastily erected, our troops descended by this road. At the same instant the succour expeded by the enemy appeared at sea, consisting of four Frigates, two Corvettes, four Bomb-ships; fourteen Gun-boats, and' nine th ,Trans ports. These forces exped, by ' the close block ading of the Island, to defeat our enterprise by the want of ammunition and provisions. But the atten tion of Government had anticipated this two months ago, and his Majesty, anxious to secure the indu. bitable subsistence* the army, went in person to the point of Campanella; whence observing the enemy's Squadron compelled by the winds to keep at a distance from the Island, he ordered a few Ships to attack them, which they immediately performed, with repeated cries of " Live the Emperor, live the King !" The combat was sharp and very uccessL. ful, and the enemy had the mortification of seeing 40 Transports arrive at the Island, and all the provisions and ammunition wherewith they were charged. Our batteries were then directed against the forts, and after having partly dismantled 'them, the Eng lish were compelled to 'sign a capitulation, in virtue of which the garrison and their whole troops on the Island, surrendered as prisoners of war, and are to 132 transported to England, and shall nut tight against the Emperor of the French, or his allies, nor the King of the Two Sicilies, until they are ex changed. Scarcely had the capitulation been signed, when various English Vessels appeared at sea, having on board the regiment of Watteville from Sicily to succour the English, but they could only witness their cleleai. The English and Neapolitan troops equally distinguished themselves during this 'brilliant expedition. The garrison of the Island, a circum stance extremely honourable, were equal in number to: those who besieged them: VIENNA, OCT. 30:—A camp is now forming near Minckendurf, to consist of twelve regiments. The Militia are subjected to some of the severities of actual' service, and frequently pass the night under arms. MARSEILLES, OCT. 28.—The Algerines have fitted out numerous Gallies to cruize ag:rin4l the Portuguese Vessels sailing under the Spanish' Vlag— ten Gallies, carrying from 20 to 24 guns, anCthree large - Xebeci, sailed from Algiers Oil th;s service during the last month. DRESDEN, OCT. 26.---The King Jeft this three days since, tor Warsaw; having preciously_ .Ordered the troops encamped near this city, and at Bautze n , into winter quarters. The hospital of Marshal MOR• TIER'S corps still remains'here. PARIS, OCT. 31.—8 y an Imperial. Decree of the 19th, the Members of the Jewish Consistory at Paris are ordered to appear before the Prefect of the De partment of the Seine, to take the.oath, upon the Old Testament, prescribed by the Sixth Article of the Law of the 18th Germinal, tenth year. The Jews in the Departments are also ordered to appear, for a similar purpose, before the Prefects of :the re spee-tive places where they have Synagogues. The words of the oath are as follow " I swear and promise liefore'God, and upon the Holy Bible, obedience to the Constitution of the Empire, and fide lity to the Emperor. 1 further promise to give him infor mation of every thing that shall come to my -knowledge con trary to the interests of the Sovereign or the State." By a Decree of the 22d, the money coined after the Ist of January, 180 g, will bear on the reverse the words " French Empire," instead of French Republic." Letters from Helsingburgh state, that the Court of Denmark had consented that the island of Zea land should be occupied by 40,000 French, and that the whole of the Danish army should proceed to Spain. We have some doubts whether the French will be able to avail themselves of the first part (if this permission. Admiral KEATs is still, we believe, in the Great Belt, and will, we are p ersua d e d, min— tain his position as long as he possibly can. The same inclemency of the season that will compel him to quit the Belt will' prevent the French from pass ing it. Besides, we think they will not be very ready to place theMselves in a situation where they would probably find themselves blockaded as soon as that sea became navigable again. Zealand, ex cept ample magazines were preViously formed there, and we have heard of none, could not prAsibly sup ply subsistence for 40,000 men, in addition to its o*n population. Some private letters from Catalonia, of the date of the 17th ult. state, that the advanced posts of the Spanish troops in that province formed a connected line from Orta to Espitalet, in some places not three miles from Barcelona, within the walls of which the enemy were confined. The French were unable to man all the works, and therefore chiefly confined themselves to the Citadel, compelling, hoWeer, the inhabitants to mount guard on the ramparts. The Spaniards expected reinforcements from Tortola and Lerida, when an attempt was to be made to relieve Barcelona. The enemy's force had been consider ably weakened by frequent desertions. Scime days previous to the date • we have mentioned, a detach ment of 600 Italian troops, escorting a large supply o f military stores, destined for Figueras, were de feated by the Spaniards in crossing the Lamugo, and the whole of the stores taken, together with some prisoners, who immediately volunteered to join the Spanish standard. The German Papers mention that twenty ladies of the Seraglio have been drowned, by order of the present Sovereign of Turkey, charged with being accessary to the murder of the late Sultan SELIJSI. POETRY. A Sailor, rambling in a careless mood, Went with a friend into a House of Pray'r, Where but a little time he restless stood, Then vow'd he ne'eragain would venture there. -a Why ?"cry'd his friend, " if you were rightly thinkinti " You much advantage from the place might draw.'— " Because," said I A CX, " there's singing without drinking' " And he that pits aloft has era the jaw." _NOMINATION OF SHERIFFS. On , Saturday morning, a number of the Minis ters, &c. and the twelve Judges, assembled in the Exchequer. Chamber, for the nomination of the She riffs for the principal part of -England, except the county palatine of Lancaster, and Wales. After a number of nominations, in the course of which several excuses and reasonable causes were admitted fbr those who had been named by the Judges, &c. the following were agreed upon Ban FORDSFISRE-10Sepll'Howell, of-Market-street, Esq. R , bert Garstin,. of Harrold, EA. Sir Gregory °Aortic Turner, of Battlesden, Bart. Barmsitzite—Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe, of Fern hill, Bart. Thomas Goodlake, of Letcomlae Regis, Esq. Peter Green, of Crookliam, Esq. BUCK INGHAMSHIRE --Thomas Stanhope Badcock, of Buck ingham,. Esq. Sir William Clayton. of Harleyford, Bart. William Piggott, of Docldershall, Esq. CAMERIUGE;HIRE and 14UNTINCDONSHIRE—james RUSt, of Huntingdon, Lsq. John Heathcote, of Cornington Castle, •Esq John Carstairs, of Woodhurst, Esq. CiiitsolitL —Robert Barntord, of Upton, Esq. Nicholas Ashton, of Weverham Park, Esq. Thomas William Tat too, of Wittinshall, Esq. Cuma za ANL).— Miles Ponsonby, of Hail Hall, Esq. Sir Henry Fletcher, of Clea Halt, Bart. John Losh, of Wood side, Esq.. Dsit a Ys otas —.Thomas Parker, of Ashford-on-the. Water, Esq. Charles Upton, of Derby, Esq. Sir Henry Fitz herbert, of Tissington, Bart. DEvosisutit k —Sir Thomas D) ke Ackland, of Kellerton, Bart. Sir William Templar Pole, of Saute, Barr. Philip Biundeil, of Tiverton, Esq, DOR Sarses !RE — _l4llleS Jolla Farquharson, of Langton,. Esq. Edward reathead, of ticket's, Esq. John Willett Willett, of Merly, Esq. Es SEX—john Rutherford Alxly, of ALEryns, Esq. John Rigg, of Waltharnstow, Esq. Sir Robert•Wigram, of W iinaut stow, Bart. CLoucLs-rxit SHIRE —Hon. J. Dutton, of Barrington Park, (oho Hodder Moggridge, of Dyinock, Esq. James De Visine, of Newent, Esq. HIREFORDSHIRE—Stephen Oakley Ottley, of the Lays, Esq. William Evans,;of Burton Court, Esq. Wm. Wall, of Leominster, Esq. HERTFORDSHIRS-, Edmond Darby, of Ashton House, Esq. Thomas Pickturd, of flainsted, Esq. Daniel Glleb, of Youngsbury, Esq. 11al.:7. —George Best, of Chilton Park, Esq. Andrew Hawes Bradley, of Gore Court, Esq. Sir Brooke Win.. Bridges, of Goodsreston, LE ic snißE Sir Vi I liam Mannels, of Buckminster, Bart.• Richard Norman, of Melton Mowbray, Esq. - Robert Haymes, of Great Glenn, Esq.. Lltieol.Nsttiaz —Sir Robert Herne, of Stupton, Bart. Ed mond Turner, of Panton, Esq. Joseph •Livcsay, of Baum ber, sq. ' • MONMOUTHSHIRE —John Kemys Gardner Kemys, of Per. tholey, Esq. Thomas Pilkington, of Hillstone, Esq. Hugh Po we ll, of Ll an i rgange l , Esq. Not' trosi. K - Charles Lit-as, of Ellin, Esq. lames Coldham, of Arimer, Esq. Natnaniel Mickleth waite,•ot i3eeston, Esq. • No ItTna.mirons;ttlit z --Robert Andrew, of Harleston . Esq.Wtlliaut Sawbricli.w, of East Hadd on , E sq. Samuel 'Bien cowe, of Marston St. Lawrence, Esq. Noirr taupasz., L No —John Reed, of Chipchace: Castle, Esq. William Dui - nett, of Broome Park, Esq. William Sactlier lirewere, of Bewick, Esq. • NorT INCHAMSHIRE —Thomas Walker, of Bury Hill, Esq. loin Topott, tit Lainbcott, Esq. John Chaworth, of Ansley, Esq. OKFORD3HIRE—WiIIiam Vanclerstegen, of Cannon End, Esq. boon Harrison, of Ciielsweil, Esq. William Henry Ashhurst, of Walerstock, Esq. R rt-ANDSH IR E- Abel Watford Bellaers,,ol Bulmerthorre, Esq. William Gilson, of Wing,' Esq. Hon. George Wat son, of Glaiston. SHROPSHIRE —William Sparling, of Peton, Esq. William Lloyd, of Aston, Esq. Geor, e Brooke, of Haughton, Es q . SOMERSETSIII RE ,.—J o hn N o rt on , of Milverton, Esq. Ed ward Rolle C laytield,' of Brislington, Esq. Aaron Nioodly, of Kingsclown, Esq. Sr FFO kbSl , l IR E —Theophilus Levett, of VVhichner, Esq. Henry Webb, of Forebridge, Esq. games Beach, of 'the •' Shaw, Esq. COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON—John Blackburne, of Pres ton Candover, Esq. Sir Joseph Whalley - Stnith Gardner, - •of Rock: Court, Bart. Sir Robert Kingsmill, Bart, of Sid mouton.' SultFOcx.--John Dresser, of Blyfordo Esq. Joshua Grigby, of Dookstone, Esq. Roger Pettiward, of Finbotough. SURREY—Edward Bilke,i of Southwark, Esq. Henry Ed ward Austen, of ,Shallord House, Esq. Wm. Holmer, of Streathatn, Esq. Sussax —Thomas Tourle, of Landport, Esq. Rich. Wyatt, of Courtwich, Esq. Win. ()diver, of Augmering, Esq. WARM/ ICKSLIIk a--Abraham ßracenridge, of Ath'erstone ; Francis Newiligate, of Arbury,,Esq. lames %Vest, of Ar lescote. Esq. WILISHIR a—Sir Charles Warre Mallett, of Wilbtiry House, Bart. Abraham Ludlow, of Heywood, Esq. Harry Biggs, of Stockton, Esq. WoRCESTERSHIRS. --Henry Bromley, of Abberley, Esq. John Williams, of Hartlebury, Esq. John Knight, of Lea - Castle, Esq. Yoaxsiti a a —Sir George Wombwell, of Wombwell, Bart. , Ttiontas Winne Beilasyse, of Newbur g h Ab bey, Esq Thomas of foxby, . • A Parish at the West end of the Town has been thrown into a state of the greatest consternation,. in consequence of the elopement of one of the principal .Collectors of the King's taxes, with a very considerable sum of money. This person (who was at the head of all the charitable insti tutions, and a leading man in the vestry, .and had married a Lady wish 10;0001. to her fortune,) de camped about a week since with, upwards of 60001. of the public money. As the Commissioners of the parish were his securities, they have spared neither trouble nor expence in sending off couriers to all the sea-ports, to prevent his emigrating abroad. After the .most diligent inquiry, the object of their search was discovered on 'friday last, at Truro, in Cornwall ; in the vicinity of which he bad purchas ed a farm, with an intent to settle there, as he sup posed in perted (obscurity. SMITHFIELD MARKET, Nov. 14. This day's market was amply supplied with prime beasts,' and the skew' of cattle in general was.con siderable; Veal is cheaper than our last report; Beef and . 1!/.1utton arv. clearer; Pork sold at last price, and the trade for the most part was pretty g0u,.1. The sales in the Haymarket were somewhat lively; Hay, Straw, and Clover fetched last prices. —We subjoin an accurate statement of 'the, prices and numbers : To sink the Offal per stone of 816. Beef 3s. Bd. to 45. 8(1.---Mutton 3s. 4d. to 4s. Tod. —Veal • I 55. 6d. to 6s. 6d. —Lamb 05. , 0d. to es. od.—Pork ss. 6d. to ; 6s. 6d. Beasts, •2, too.—Slteep, 17,5oo.—Calves, 180.—Pigs, 220. CORN-EXCHANGE., Nov. 14.—The fresh Supplies of Wheat to-day are rather considerable., Good Samples are at a declension in price, of about 2s. and 3s. per quarter, and rather more upon - second and interior ; Barley and Malt are rather dearer; Beans, of-th e two kinds, likewise; in Peas, little alteration ; Oats are again in short,supply, and Sales thereof are sottiewbat dearer.—,Flour baldly at last prices. 1 COL 7 .I?T OF INQUIRY. • , The Court of Inquiry, ins.ituted' to inquiee into the condua of the Conimanderof the Forces ih Por:. t oga !, o n account •of the two Conventions entered Into for permitting the French to evacuate Poftuga!, I i to return to Fra n c e , an d to serve again, wrieti te..i -i I turned, asse m bl e d t hi s d ay, and commenced its n.. ~ . I ves M tig u a c t h i°ll. has been alledged against thi s proceeding, and it is urged that the preferable mode for satisfy.. kg public justice, would have been . the.immediat, assembling of a Court Martial. . . . . The answer to every allegation upon this t,il)eti [is obvious. A Court Martial . would 406 rendered a Court of Inquiry impossible. A Cowl of Inquiry- still leaves the subject (pea to a Court Martial ;--••il, Court Martial must have proceeded upon ezeit:t and specific criminal charges, and no others, and oil :: : therefore have excluded many cirecinstances whi( h the Country wish to be satisfied upon.. A Court of Inquiry etnbrac.:s alt the circonistai.e,s ,on I. Ll.ct with the case, whether iu themselves criminal of otherwise. The Court of Inquiry, like a Court Martia% n.r , • , . be, an(k in the present case will be pull:ic ; and al though an examination by, a Court of lequity is not "upon oath, , but upon honour,- like all examinations . before the House of Commons, yet as it - 1S not colicitt sive, but preliminary—inquisitory, „not judicial, the want of the formality of an oath is more than com pensated by the latitude which such a tribunal al. lows. The nature of the case in itself dictates the ere-. ference of resorting to a preliminary proceeding iitz stead of instituting an ultimate form of trial... For the question, in its first view, and anstract‘ nature, is a nitre question 4s to passible • error gri of.indnent. There is nothing on .the face of the two conventions. which present a specific crime e i t h er as to disciplin e 'or courage, or disloyalty or bribery; and though the Nation has ground fur diSsatisfadiou and dis-; content, yet all that it can impute on the face ))`' the business; is want of judgment, A Court 'of. Inquiry; therefore, is instituted to inquire wheti,er the . ;114 : tnent exercised in the case is, upon examileitiona laudable, venial, or criminal. It the former, a Court' of Inquiry will give us opinion that tire Con deserve commendation—if the second', that the . framers do not merit trial as a erime—ii the third that they ought to be tried as el - Mimi-1:s. ~-• It would be extremely difficult to form a charge upon the two CAtvent ions , w hi c h would abstract., edly make the Commanders who ordered them guilty of any crime specified in the Articles of But it is very easy to suppose, that cir, tunsiances may come out in a court of Intpiry, h may lay ground for specific criminality upon many ports of • ti them. The French Army in Portugal, when Sir A. Wel lesley landed, consisted of about 24,00 men ; in three weeks, with 20,000 men, he so operated, that this army offered to eva,2uate Portugal entirely, and; to restore a whole kingdom, which it had conquer ed, on condition of retiring with its arms and prod, perry. Surely this is (Jo military crime, though . a, great military exploit, when unaccompanied with. other considerations. The army, in ten days afterwards, though rein forced to 30,000 men, persisted in the same policy, This again is no crime, though the agreeing to an evacuation.under such circumstances may be a great error - in - judgment. • The province of a Court of Inquiry is to find,out what is the degree of this error in jtAlgment, .as it appears to the public; whether it was such as to be criminal per- se, and whether, instead of being a mere error in judgment, there was something worse in the proceeding; whether, for instance, it arose from gross ignorance, culpable dupery, base ing lotion, or baser corruption —or whether, on the other hand, there was not such stiong political card military reasons in its favour, as to make the mea sure, justifiable and praise -worthy. It certainly appears that Sir H. Dalrymple, Sir Harry Burrard, and Sir Arthur Wellesley, agreA in .the proptiety of permitting the French to eva cuate Portugal ; and these authorities, upon first mention, certainly deserve as much 'credit as Nr. Waithman and Mr. Cobbett: It is also itated, that all. the General Officers of the Army in Portugal ap. prove of the evacuation being permitted : and it is possible the authorities of these Officers may be deemed by a Court composed of the first Milinny Authorities in England, as'of equal weight Wu h. Ihe best Speakers of the Common COUII6I. At the same time, much may come out as to the tenth; which are stiperadded•to the mere measure of eva-, cultion - ; and the circumstances add,ll to the cuatitt• of the treaty, and which make the formal pa; r, may be of such a nature, on investigation, as to make that criminal, which, without these additions, would not have been so. ' - Now these accessory points could hardly, have been converted into sikcitio charges out- ot tiwCon vention, as it stands ; but by the means of a Court of Inquiry such circumstances may be brought out as will tend to ficilitate the shaping of criminal cOalges, if criminal matter shall be. found. The. measure, therefore, of a Court of Inquiry, preferable for the Public and the Commanders ; for the Public may have two investigation', and the Commanders Will be, should they be acquitted, cam. pletely acquitted. But had a Court Mattial been re sorted. to in the first instance, and the Generals have been acquitted, the Public might say the whole case against thew was not , brought forward, and that they were partially acquitted. On the othe r hand the Publi c mi g h t b e l e d to believe, that Go, vernment had made use of the strict proceeding of a Court Martial to screen offenders and secrete faar, which, in the more open and free investigation by a Court of Inquiry, would have been dragged to light and exposed. The Court-Martial held at Chad - tam, on Colonel FLETCHER. commanding the Wool wici, Division. of Royal Marines, upon charges of cruelty and opnies, slot), have adjudged him to be dismissed from any command in his Majesty's Royal Marine Fth - cts; but, under the circumstances stated, most earnestly recommend that be may be placed on half-pay ;„,im(l the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been pleased to order, agreeable to the recotnzne l i. dation of the Court, that Colonel arrcinta should be placed on half-pay. I